Has the media ever been this skewed and unhinged?
By Sue-Ann Levy
They’ve edited Kamala Harris’s comments to remove the “word salad” responses and to make her sound succinct and articulate.
CBS did this following her 60 MInutes interview.
We know that because the teaser for the interview on her proposed handling of the Middle East conflict was full of bafflegab compared to what actually aired.
Even so, she came across as highly scripted and lacking empathy.
They’ve cried on camera sounding unhinged about a United States under Donald Trump as president. They’ve spewed scenarios so ridiculous and far-fetched you are left wondering whether they need professional help, or just suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
This is the largely Democratically aligned legacy media and their talk show acolytes in 2024.
They no longer pretend to be objective, insightful or fairly present the many issues America faces — or especially remind their viewers that Harris was in the White House during the past four years when she repeatedly says she wants to “turn the page.”
Harris can’t run on her record and the media knows that.
So they’ve done what they think needs to be done to win at all costs — misleading or quoting out of context statements made by Trump and manipulating weak, low-info voters.
The media had already shown their lack of integrity by pretending for months and months that Joe Biden was fit to run again for President.
When it became obvious he has Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia — I know because my dad suffered from it — the Democrats quickly parachuted in the candidate they’d previously considered a terrible pick.
Suddenly the narrative shifted to one of “joy” and the media quickly changed gears to prop up Harris.
In my 35 years as a journalist, I’ve never seen anything like this from the legacy media in the U.S. — the hyperbole, the drama, the temper tantrums, the cooked up controversies, the sophomoric and inane behaviour.
I particularly enjoyed watching Washington Post columnists quit after owner Jeff Bezos refused to endorse a candidate.
Their tone deafness exemplified how much the legacy media is dying one leftist tirade at a time. As if they’ll ever get another job with a huge salary in a shrinking industry.
They have made our own Canadian media seem tame — for now.
Just wait for federal election fever to heat up here when the Liberal media — propped up with bailouts from the Trudeau government— will likely start peddling their own misleading coverage of Pierre Polievre.
They’ve already repeatedly compared him to Trump and have claimed that only the Liberals will protect abortions in Canada.